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W. H. HALL.

WATERPROOF GAP. I No. 247,637. Patented Sept. 27,1881.

WITNESSES: .7 INVENTOR:

BY MM ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I WILLIAM H. HALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WATER-PROOF CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,637, dated September 27, 1881.

Application filed July 5, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, WILLIAM H. HALL, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Im provement in'Water- Proof Cups, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my caps. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same.

The object of this invention is to facilitate theconstruction of water-proof caps and lessen the cost of manufacturing them.

I The invention consists in a cap constructed of a body made of linen, muslin, or other suitable material, blocked into shape, and coated with a shellac solution, to make it impervious to water, having a lining cemented to its infront of enameled leather covered with the same material as the cover of the cap or left uncovered, as will be hereinafter fully described.

In making my improved caps, the body A is made oflinen, muslin, felt, or other suitable material made water-proof by being coated upon the outside and inside with shellac dissolved in alcohol. The body A isblocked into the required shape, and is then paintedupon its exterior and also inside with the shellac solution, to make it more thoroughly water-proof, and is then ironed until it becomes hard and stiff. The cap-body A is lined with silk or other suitable material, B, fitted to the said body and ironed until the lining and body are firmly united or cemented together and form a solid mass.

The cover (J is made of cloth, silk, or other (No model.)

suitable fabric cut out and sewed together into such a shape as will fit the body A. The cover 0, thus prepared, is drawn over the bodyA and fastened to it with a binding at the lower edge, or has its lower edge turned over the lower edge of the said body A. The coverO is secured'in place by sewing. The cap is provided with a sweat-band, D, in the ordinary manner.

The front E is made of leather enameled upon one or both sides and covered with silk cloth or other material, to correspond with the cover 0. I

With this construction, should the cover 0 shrink or stretch from being wet, the stilf water-proof body A will keep it in place and cause it to return to its proper shape when dry.

Ventilation can be obtained by forming holes Fin the upper part ofthe cap, which holes can be kept open by havin g eyelets inserted in them. 4

I am aware that it is not broadly new to make the body of a hat water-proof, and I am also aware that a hat provided with a loose cover is not broadly new; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an article of manufacture, a cap composed of the water-proof body A, having a lining, B, of silk or other suitable material, firmly united to it, the loose cover (J, secured to the lower edge of the body, and the front E, of enameled leather covered with cloth, substantially as herein shown and described.

WILLIAM H. HALL.

Witnesses JAMES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWIOK. 

